Ethics of Knowing: Resistance and Resilience in Mental Health

9 CECs TO NYSED CERTIFIED LMSWS, LCSWS, LMFTS, LMHCS & LCATS

Thursdays, 12pm – 1:30pm ET, March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3, & 10

This course offers clinicians a space to critically examine the ways dominant discourses in mental health perpetuate harm and marginalize diverse ways of knowing. Participants will explore how fostering relational justice in therapeutic relationships can serve as a powerful practice of resistance and healing. Central to this exploration is the understanding that justice is a relational and often spiritual process: it emerges through mutual recognition, accountability, and the creation of spaces for connection and shared understanding. By cultivating epistemic humility, developing self-of-the-therapist as an anti-oppressive ally, and raising critical consciousness, clinicians can co-create practices that challenge harm, honor spiritual and cultural knowledge systems, and nurture collective healing.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

1. Develop self-of-the-therapist as an anti-oppressive ally by cultivating epistemic humility, recognizing the ethical and spiritual dimensions of connection and care in therapeutic relationships.

2. Critically examine the systemic causes and impacts of dominant discourses in mental health, integrating reflexive practices that honor diverse ways of knowing—including spiritual and cultural knowledge systems—and promote collective healing.

3. Engage in transformative relational and systemic practices that challenge harm, nurture client wellness and worthiness, and contribute to broader, third-order change rooted in mutual recognition and shared humanity.

Early bird price*: $156

Regular tuition price: $195

*Early bird discount ends 02/20/25

The Psychotherapy & Spirituality Institute, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0252, the State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0081, the State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0044, and the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services as an approved provider of continuing education for credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselors #1153